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Jean Bayley, an 80-year-old resident at local care home Sunrise of Westbourne, was able to go skiing with her family for a second year running,
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Local services in England face an overall funding gap of almost £6.5 billion by 2025, new analysis by the Local Government Association ahead of the
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The upcoming Social Care Challenge is a two and a half day sprint, aimed at University students as an opportunity to consider social care as
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Everyone in the UK has a right to expect safe, compassionate and effective care. But a perfect storm has been brewing for some time. Largely
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CQC’s Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2018/19 report, published today, finds there has been an improvement in the number of people being given information about
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Social care would be dealt a devastating blow if plans to end freedom of movement following Brexit go ahead, campaigners warned today. Responding to the
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Working with challenging patients in the care sector can raise potentially tricky issues regarding the obligations of both the employer and its employees. Many obligations
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Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has expressed concern about the cost of implementing the National Living Wage
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Helen Whately MP has been appointed as the new Minister of State for Care after the Cabinet reshuffle. Helen was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of
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A social care campaigner has turned to verse To stop the crisis getting worse Mike Padgham, Chair of the Independent Care Group (ICG) has written
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Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has welcomed the announcement from Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England,
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A collaboration between Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and Mangar Health has been launched to safeguard the lives of care home residents that
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Wales could introduce a tax to fund social care to help resolve the “very real” pressures on social services. Health minister Vaughan Gething told AMs
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Responding to a report by Care England on the funding of independent care homes compared to those operated by local authorities, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman
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Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has submitted evidence to the Chancellor’s Budget process urging him to act
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